The General

[MrK5]

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Well even though I'm not done with this winter's mods, I can't resist doing some pic posting.

Purchased in closed bid auction in 2000, $1175. I was a surplus truck used in Desert Storm and then put in storage in '95 until it was given to a small county in NE Colorado and they turned around and sold it.



We stripped all the CARC paint off to bare metal and repainted it '70 Plymouth Lemon Twist Yellow.





The next big visual mod was 37" MTRs.



On the way to Blazer Bash '05.



Rolled into a stream bed Jan '06.





Wheelin after the roll.






Here are some wheelin' vids from last year:

Holy Cross

4x4 Mecca Media Center

"Holy Cross-Colorado Crew"

This one is kinda long, but this is probably the most scared I've been yet. When I rolled into the stream bed there wasn't enough time to think. Here there was plenty of time... You have to watch Nate make it look easy first.

4x4 Mecca Media Center

"upper Holy Cross"

[4x4 Mecca]

awesome! I love progressive shots! Great truck, and your surly welcome around here!

[cbbr]

Originally Posted by 4x4 Mecca

awesome! I love progressive shots! Great truck, and your surly welcome around here!

Surly:inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"


Yep, that's about right.

[cbbr]

Cool pics Scott. Did the flop "set you free" like mine did to me. I ain't afraid of scratches anymore.

[4x4 Mecca]

yeah, but shurly shows up wrong in firefox 2 spell checker! lol

[MrK5]

Originally Posted by cbbr

Cool pics Scott. Did the flop "set you free" like mine did to me. I ain't afraid of scratches anymore.

Actually I had pretty well beat the truck to hell before that. Honestly I think it has made me a little skittish. Some of my reticence comes from the fact that my son was with me in the back seat in his car seat. And he was on the downside. He didn't get hurt and wasn't really freaked out, but I still felt terrible about it. Actually I haven't had him on a trail since.

I would have been better with a regular flop, but this was a flop with an 8ft drop. Luckily it was softened some by a pile of limbs. That's how the passenger mirror escaped unscathed; it managed to fall between limbs.

We were going up an access road and it was very icy. I was trying to talk on the CB while driving. All of a sudden the rear tires lost traction and I started sliding backwards, whether I applied gas or brakes. I thought, "Damn, we're going off the road" and over we went.

I was just happy as hell when I drove it out. A passerby in a Ford pickup with a winch helped us out. He got the truck winched over so the wheels could contact the bank. I reached in turned the key and motor lit right off. Pretty surprising with a carb, even the Holley Truck Avenger. From there I got in, locked in 4Lo and gave 'er hell. I kept clawing my way out and the winch kept me from loosing progress. Eventually I got back on the road. That was a hell of an adrenelin rush.

I made several trail runs after that. The one in the last video link above gave me flash backs. So bad I had someone else drive back out. I'm anxious to get back out there this year and really conquer my fear. I need to get back on the horse and confront it.

WOW! I feel like I just went to a therapist. Probably a little more response than you were expecting.

[cbbr]

Wow. That would have rattled the hell out of me. My flop was as low speed and easy as they come, like a flop on training wheels. But I didn't have a scratch before and I think that the constant worry took some of the fun out of wheeling.

As to the fear, go at it. I am scared to death of heights. So I started rock climbing. I still have my moments, but overcoming fear by taking it on has always worked for me.

[70jimmy]

You could aways try surely.

[southernspeed]

Wow Scott that last video was scary for me and I'm only sitting here in an arm chair! Nice bit of driving!...and a good write on the general too!